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11:15 AM ET, October 21, 2009

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Lisa Ingrassia / People.com:
FIRST PHOTOS: Nicole Richie and Joel Madden Introduce Baby Sparrow!  —  Nicole Richie and Sparrow  —  Six weeks after welcoming their first son, Nicole Richie and Joel Madden - along with their 22-month-old daughter Harlow - are showing off the latest addition to their family, Sparrow James Midnight Madden.
Cindy Crawford / Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Tom and Katie Celebrate with Travoltas at Secret Scientology Event  —  Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes and daughter Suri reunited with John Travolta and wife Kelly Preston — plus over 4000 other Scientologists — at a massive party in England on Oct. 16, Usmagazine.com has confirmed.
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Marc Malkin / E! Online:
Alec Baldwin to Tom Cruise: Cut Your Pay!
Jess / INF Daily:
KATIE HOLMES' CELEBRITY STYLIST REVEALED...
Discussion: X17 Online and omg!
Michael Fleming / Variety:
Scott, Jolie join for ‘Gucci’ drama  —  Fox 2000 plans 2010 start date  —  Ridley Scott is in discussions with Angelina Jolie for a femme fatale role in “Gucci,” a drama about murder and decadence in the Gucci fashion dynasty.  —  Fox 2000 is fashioning a 2010 start date for the film …
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Nicole Sperling / Hollywood Insider:
Ridley Scott is in talks with Leonardo DiCaprio and Angelina Jolie …
Discussion: Collider and The Playlist
RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: Lindsay Lohan Refusing Rehab  —  With Lindsay Lohan's behavior becoming ever more erratic, and nights spent out at nightclubs, Lindsay's close friends, family, and advisers all seem to agree on one thing, the troubled actress needs to go to rehab, but inside sources tell RadarOnline.com …
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Marla Lehner / People.com:
Kate Gosselin Flooded with Fan Questions for TLC Special  —  Kate Gosselin has fielded countless interview questions in her career as a reality star - but perhaps the toughest have come from viewers, who submitted nearly 9,000 inquiries about her family life and plans.
Liz McNeil / People.com:
Housewives' Bethenny Frankel Is Pregnant  —  Bethenny Frankel and Jason Hoppy  —  Bethenny Frankel, who got engaged to her boyfriend Jason Hoppy earlier this month, is pregnant with her first child she tells PEOPLE exclusively.  —  Although The Real Housewives of New York City star had hoped …
NY Daily News:
Hulk Hogan discusses nearly attempting suicide before call from Laila Ali in new book  —  Hulk Hogan came “damn close” to killing himself after downing a cocktail of Xanax and rum, but an unexpected phone call saved his life.  —  In his new tell-all, “My Life Outside the Ring,” …
Discussion: Popeater, OK! Magazine and Pop Crunch
TMZ.com:
Jon Gosselin — Overpay for Play  —  Jon Gosselin sincerely believes his time and energy is worth somewhere around $12,000-per hour — because that's how much he's demanding to appear on a Florida radio show.  —  TMZ spoke with the host of Tampa's MJ Morning Show who told us he contacted Gosselin's …
PEOPLE TV Watch:
Jason Mesnick and Molly Malaney Are Engaged!  —  All's well that end's well!  —  Jason Mesnick, who infamously reversed his decision after the finale of The Bachelor to choose Molly Malaney instead of original choice Melissa Rycroft, has popped the question once again, asking Malaney to marry him in New Zealand.
Hollie McKay / Fox News:
Heidi Montag Wanted Cash To Attend Sister's Birthday Party  —  LOS ANGELES — Heidi Montag Refused to Attend Her Sister's Birthday Party Without Being Paid  —  Whatever happened to the good old days when family was more important than finances?  —  Holly Montag celebrated her 26th Birthday …
Daily Mail:
Shakira hits back at Lily Allen in illegal downloading row as she claims file-sharing ‘brings me closer to fans’  —  Latin superstar Shakira has stepped into the ongoing row over illegal music downloading, insisting the practice makes her feel closer to her fans.
Discussion: Popeater and Perez Hilton
Hillary Weston / BlackBook Magazine and City Guides:
Christian Bale's Inspiration for ‘American Psycho’: Tom Cruise  —  The art of the onscreen murder was never staged with such graphic gusto as when Mary Harron filmed Christian Bale slicing and dicing his way through the excess of 80s Wall Street in American Psycho.
Discussion: Dlisted, Videogum and A.V. Club
Michael Slezak / EW.com:
Allison Iraheta's ‘Just Like You’ album cover: EW's exclusive first look!  —  Friday I will not be over this...no way in hell.  In fact, the Idoloonie within may never quite be the same after getting an exclusive first look at the cover art for Allison Iraheta's debut album, Just Like You, due December 1 via 19 Recordings/Jive.
Popeater:
Kanye West Died In Twitter Hoax  —  ‘RIP Kanye West’ is still the top trending topic on the micro-blogging site Twitter hours after someone made up an unscrupulous rumor that Kanye West died in a car crash.  His alleged ‘death’ was also the top Google search in the USA in the early hours of this morning.
Discussion: X17 Online and Hollywood Dame
Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
Q&A: Chris Weitz  —  The man behind “American Pie” and “About a Boy” wasn't the obvious choice to take on “The Twilight Saga: New Moon,” the second book in Stephenie Meyer's blockbuster teen vampire romance series.  But Chris Weitz, who also writes and produces, sometimes with his brother Paul …
Discussion: EW.com
Michael Ausiello / The Ausiello Files:
Exclusive: Who's dying on ‘Desperate Housewives’?  —  It's a showrunner's prerogative to change his mind.  So, although he insisted he wasn't killing off any characters in this November's big Wisteria Lane plane crash, Desperate Housewives boss man Marc Cherry has decided, on second thought …
Natalie Finn / E! Online:
Chris Brown Picks Hell of a Day to Unveil Tour Plans  —  So, we're checking out the new Rihanna single and...wait, what?  Chris Brown's going on tour?  Say, that is news!  —  Just hours after his ex released her first solo single since being assaulted by Brown in February …
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip and iVillage
Oprah.com:
Oprah Winfrey Talks to Sarah Palin on The Oprah Winfrey Show  —  CHICAGO — In a world exclusive, Oprah Winfrey will interview former Alaska governor Sarah Palin for an episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show to air Monday, November 16, 2009.  Winfrey and Palin will meet for the very first time on the episode …
Popeater:
Kim Kardashian Wants to Have a Baby by Next Year  —  Kim Kardashian has just watched her two sisters go through major life changes.  —  Her younger sister, Khloe, recently wed L.A. Laker Lamar Odom.  Her older sister, Kourtney, is expecting her first child with boyfriend Scott Disick.
Tatiana Siegel / Variety:
Trio join Weisz for indie ‘Whistleblower’  —  Redgrave, Strathairn, Bellucci co-star in true story  —  Vanessa Redgrave, David Strathairn and Monica Bellucci are joining the cast of the indie political drama “The Whistleblower.”  —  Rachel Weisz stars in the true-story-based film …
Discussion: Collider and EW.com
Alex Fletcher / Digital Spy:
‘Dr No’ star Wiseman dies, aged 91  —  Jospeh Wiseman, who played villain Dr No in the first James Bond movie, has passed away aged 91.  —  The Canadian-born actor died at his home in Manhattan, his daughter Martha told the Los Angeles Times.  —  Wiseman's most famous role came in the 1962 007 film …
Discussion: Popeater
Contactmusic.com:
FOXY BROWN - PRISON OFFICIALS QUIT AFTER BROWN CONTROVERSY … Caption: Foxy Brown (Picture) VH1 presents 2009 Hip Hop Honors at Brooklyn Academy of Music - Arrivals New York City, USA ....  PRISON OFFICIALS QUIT AFTER BROWN CONTROVERSY  —  Three New York prison officials have quit …
Julie Neigher / People.com:
Halle Berry's Daughter Is Learning to Play Golf  —  Halle Berry and Nahla  —  Watch out Tiger Woods: Halle Berry and Gabriel Aubry's 1½-year-old daughter Nahla could eventually bring some fierce competition to the links.  —  “She started playing golf!
Discussion: ImNotObsessed.com and Showbiz Spy
 
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